Flowers, Butterflies and Insects: All 154 Engravings from "Erucarum Ortus" (Dover Pictorial Archive)

Great 18th century artist & nature study scientist/artist.

Poor quality. No colour. Black & white

This is another book by this 16th century woman, Marian Sibylla Merian. Her stunning drawings of flowers and the metamorphosis of caterpillars into their nextphase of life is striking. At the age of 52, she went with her daughter fromAmsterdam to South America for this expedition. Her work is exquisite.

This book is perfect visual reference resource material for artists, designers, fabricators and ilustrators. I order the title far a public art project I'm working now and this made my day. Nice crisp B&W illustrations all stages of the insects set to the blooming plants they feed on.

Very neat book with excellent illustrations. I'm looking forward to using it for a collage project.

Great reference for art collages and scanning too. The reproduction for this book is very clean. Good detail in the shadow areas. Unlike the last book we purchased from Dover.

The prints look amazing on the book and they are also in good size. I love the details of the art they are very delicate! This is just what I want!

Gorgeous illustrations depicting the butterflies and caterpillars in their habitats. A lovely resource for the artist who is learning to illustrate in the old style.

LOVE this book. Packed full of inspiration if you enjoy black and white drawings. The drawings inside are clear and crisp and each one is different. This is the fourth book I have bought from Dover pictorial and I couldn't be happier

this was useful for researching Merian's print work

Great work by an amazing ,brave lady. At a time when homemaking and child-rearing was the expected role for a woman she travelled great distances to get her sketches

I disegni sono interessanti e molto particolari, hanno uno stile carino, ma alla fine mi rendo conto che non mi convincono al 100% . Forse più piccoli sarebbero stati più accattivanti.

Ich habe dieses Buch als Geschenk für meine Freundin gekauft. Bei der Bestellung war ich über den sehr günstigen Preis sehr erstaunt. Nach der Lieferung stellte ich fest, dass die Abbildungen überwiegend nicht koloriert waren.